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\caption{Robustness to using a three pre-election year average as baseline}
\label{tab:index_components_robustness_diff}
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\toprule
& (1) & (2) & (3) & (4) & (5) & (6) & (7) & (8) \tabularnewline 
{}&{\textbf{Econ. perf.}}&{GDP p.c. gr.}&{(Minus) Inflation}&{(Minus) Unemp.}&{Trade}&{\textbf{HDI}}&{\textbf{Democ.}}&{\textbf{General index}} \tabularnewline
\midrule \addlinespace[\belowrulesep]
El. turn.&0.270***&0.049&0.405**&0.140&0.216**&0.119&0.204**&0.282*** \tabularnewline
&(0.103)&(0.148)&(0.183)&(0.163)&(0.120)&(0.156)&(0.107)&(0.105) \tabularnewline
p-val&[0.003]&[0.741]&[0.015]&[0.244]&[0.042]&[0.367]&[0.039]&[0.003] \tabularnewline
\midrule N&2201&1815&1890&1331&1767&1305&2187&2356 \tabularnewline
N eff.&743&898&746&637&841&580&1129&850 \tabularnewline
Band.&12.9&21.4&15.6&20.5&20.0&18.7&22.0&14.3 \tabularnewline
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\\ \parbox{\linewidth}{\footnotesize \emph{Notes}: This table reports results for the statistical procedure of Table \ref{tab:index_components_baseline}, but instead of using the pre-election year as a baseline when defining our outcomes, we use the average of the three years before the election as the pre-election baseline.}
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